Car-fender



(No Model.)

J. A. FARLOW 82; J. STRAYER.

CAR FENDER.

No. 595,379. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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JAMES A. FARLOW AND JOHN STRAYER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,379, dated December14, 1897.

' Application filed. June 18, 1897. Serial No. 641,326. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. FARLOW and J OHN STRAYER, citizens oftheUnited States,- residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFenders or Guards for Tramway-Oars, of which the following is a full andcomplete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionrelates to fenders or guards for tramway-cars; and theobject thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which isconstructed and connected with the car in such manner that it willalways be suspended at the same distance from the ground or the rails ofthe track, no matter how much the end of the car be depressed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figurel is a sideView of the end of a car provided with our improved fender or guard, andFig. 2 a bottom plan view thereof.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofour improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in said vdrawings we have shown ate a portion of theend of a car which is provided with a platform 6 and a dashboard 7, andwe also show a portion of the truck-frame at 8, and springs 9 by whichthe car is supported thereon.

The platform 6 is provided at about the mid dle thereof with hangers 10,the lower ends of which are yoke-shaped in form, as shown at 11, andpivotally connected with the side of the truck-frame 8 at 12 are yokes13, which are held in'vertical position, and the lower sides of theseyokes are longer than the upper sides and are provided with pins 14,which rest in the lower yoke-shaped ends of the hangers, and the uppersides of said yokes are pivotally connected with rods or bars 15, and toeach side of the platform, at the front end thereof, are securedlongitudinal hangers 16,

each of which is provided with two hanging links or bars'l7, which arepivotally connected therewith and to the lower ends of which arepivotally secured keepers 18. The

rear link or bar 17 on each side is also pivotally connected with theadjacent rod or bar 15, and we also provide a fender or guard frame 19,which consists of a rectangular frame composed of' a rod 20, bent intothe form shown in the drawings, and the body portion of which iscomposed of wire or similar material, as shown at 21, and the frame ofsaid fender or guard is bent upwardly and backwardly, and provided withbackwardlydirected arms or extensions 22, which pass into the keepersl8, and are secured therein, and the normal position of the fender orguard is shown in Fig. 1, in which position the forward part of thefender or guard frame is supported just above the rails of the track.

If at any time the end of the car be depressed bymeans of great weighttherein or by reason of the car passing over a rough track whenordinarily loaded, the front platform will be depressed, and the hangers10 will operate on the yokes 13 to depress the lower sides and projectthe upper sides thereof forward, and this operation will project thebars 15 in the forward-direction,and by means of the method ofconnecting the fender or guard frame with the hangers 6 said fender orguard frame will be correspondingly projected and raised abovethe track,and when the end of the car returns to its normal position the saidfender or guard frame will also return to the position shown in Fig. 1,and the operation will always be automatic, the fender or guard framebeing always held at the same distance above the rails of the track.

Our improved fender or guard is simple in construction and operation,and is perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it isintended.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a fender or guard for tramway-cars,thecombination with the end of the truck-frame, of yokes pivoted to thesides thereof, the sides of which are directed forwardly, hangersconnected with the platform of the car, and .pivotally connected withthe lower sides of said yokes, rods pivotally connected with the uppersides of said yokes, and extending forwardly, hangers connected with theforward end of the platform of the car at the opposite sides thereof,links or bars pivotally connected with said hangers at each side, and

and rods which are pivotally connected with 15 the upper sides of saidyokes, and with the suspending devices of the fender or guard frame,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres- 2o ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 16th day ofJune, 1897.

JAMES A. FARLOXV. JOHN STRAYER.

Witnesses:

O. GERsT, A. O. VAN BLARCOM.

